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3. ASTROLABE, NOT SIGNED, NOT DATED

           This is also a medium sized well-crafted astrolabe, most likely produced in the seventeenth century in the workshop of the Lahore family. It has a diameter of 204 mm and thickness of 13 mm. The kursi is solid and not very high. There are eight plates serving the latitude 210 - 240,  260 - 270,  290 - 320,  340 - 360, 280 – double projection, 300, double projection; two special projections; ecliptic coordinates – horizons. There is a geographical gazetteer of 82 towns. The ‘Ankabut has 45 stars, which are joined by a floral tracery.

   

 

 

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